Multiple Scores

[California48]

I am considering retaking the GRE and my question is how grad schools view multiple scores. Do they take the best combination? Look at them all? Thanks

I am looking at HKS and WWS for MPP... Got a 660V/730Q/3.5AWA. Thanks

[glasses]

Depends on the program--some take best overall, some take an average, some take best of each section, etc. I'd ask each admissions department if you're curious.

[naptown]

Is it correct that the report that schools receive lists all scores from the past 5 years? I retook the GRE 4.5 years after I originally took it for my MA program, but the score report I received in the mail only listed my newer set of scores.

My test scores this second time around were 50 points lower (and below my practice tests results), but high enough that I didn't want to retake the test (710v 710q down to 650v 720q). I was also concerned about what a repeat effort now would look like to admission committees.

If my high score from 2004 shows up on my report, could that help or hurt me?